I’ll be the first to admit that I was a little whiney when I heard we’d be getting up at 5:00 this morning to go out for a drive through the game park and have a sunrise service (actually, it turned out to be a little post sunrise but you won’t hear me complaining about…
Archives for March 2008
Off to the bush
I have so much to tell but we are leaving in about a half hour or less to go out to an area about 200 miles from our current location. I don’t think we’ll have much Internet access there. So, next Sunday look for a bunch of updates! We might have Internet access while we’re…
Day One in South Africa
We got up early this morning and had breakfast at our guest house and then we left to go to a care area where about 350 children are fed every day. When we first arrived the cooks (called MaMas) started singing (a very common greeting to guests in Africa). I started smiling and clapping and…
Suddenly South Africa seems like a picnic.
We made it to South Africa in good shape. Well, you might think differently if you actually saw us after our 19 hours in the air, but we’re alive at least. As is happened, on our flight from Minneapolis to Amsterdam we were accompanied by Justin Mack, the missions and small group pastor from our…
Africa here we come!
Tomorrow afternoon John and I board the plane for the long flight to South Africa. People keep asking me if I’m excited about our trip. I guess you could say a part of me is excited but a huge part of me is scared to death. You see, I’m not a roughing it type of…